The problem with jerseys is you get yellow fat.
The people that are buying them don't really know much about cattle. I would cross with something that adds some muscle and growth rate if you want to go the suckler route. Oh and with milk. Wagyu are already small and narrow. No point in crossing...
The money is going into the opinion pieces, not research.
so peer reviewed scientific papers aren't worth the paper they're written on is what you're saying?
I think think LIC shot themselves in the foot with that one. If you look at the sires of sons over the past 3 years Whistler is the only NZ bull used in big numbers
LIC are talking about forcing Irish farmers to sign a contract before they sell any semen to them. Contract will forbid any LIC offspring being sold to A.I. Any word of that in the UK?
Anyways give this gang a shout before you commit http://www.irelandgenetics.co.uk/
Then maybe have a look at the oil industry that funds a big chunk of the anti-climate change articles.
The anti-climate change argument is coming from journalists, politicians and business interests
The scientific community is 97% in agreement on this subject. I know who I'll choose to listen...
If it was me I'd find a dairy farmer, give him the bull and get the calves back in exchange. He wants his cows in calf and easy calving and you have your calves for finishing
Hi folks. Another poster from across the Irish Sea. Farming just over 100 acres all owned in a suckler to beef set up. Was a dairy farm up to 8 years ago. Recently finished working as a lab technician for an AI company after 9 years.
Hi folks, first time poster here.
Why put your cows in at night during growing season? You're only making work for yourself.
I would suggest that you get your grassland management in order, go spring calving and give yourself a 6 week dry period. Espiecally if you want shorthorns who are...
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